...but to be honest, the only thing they would have had to have done to get me to like this would have been to get a different voice actress for the only role that still has the original voice actress and she's so fake-squeaky omfg it grates on my brain. And I still might watch it if someone informs me that they've at least somewhat distilled the thematic poignancy of the original. I've always kind of wondered what the series would be like if it didn't totally suck. I'm just not convinced that this is going to be an improvement.

and in the end I'd rather have my kids watching this than, say, Breadwinners, but only because Breadwinners is complete and utter irredeemable shit, and this is just some silly nostalgia thing that's being taken far too seriously by whoever the hell financed the latest coat of lacquer that they've decided to spray on it

As far as I can tell they're aiming entirely for the nostalgia audience and hoping that either that's enough or that enough more get caught up in the nostalgia-momentum. They aren't making it for the younger audience; it still feels old. It's still in the same primitive outdated mangacrap style. It's a kids' show aimed entirely at adults -- adults who already watched it before production even began. ;lkjasdfdl;kjadf;lkjfasijsdafoijefjoivdskanj

EDITS: I had mistyped "production" and began" _________________butts

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Soul Eater and Fairy Tail are both aimed pretty squarely at the Pubescent Teenager audience

with Soul Eater there's some great stylistic stuff to be had, and Maka's interactions with the world are pretty satisfying

but Fairy Tail ranks right up there with One Piece and Recent Generic Monster Card Game That I Don't Remember The Name Of in terms of absolute unwatchability for me - there's hundreds of hours of material there and I can't make my way through more than fifteen minutes

Darqcyde wrote:

Besides, there's more important things afoot:

Other things that annoy me merely by existing this season:

Sword Art Online II: why won't it die already

but yea, overall the summer lineup consists of the usual collection of drudge + maybe a couple of things that look interesting_________________butts

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I've tried watching bits of Fairy Tail on at least three occasions. I've seen bits from the beginning, middle, and end of its major story arcs, and the rest is still behind a massive wall of unwatchability._________________butts

Somewhere out there, there could be a slightly different version of me that likes Fairy Tail.

There's a clear gradient between myself and that alternate version of me - it's a hill, not a truly absolute barrier:
I found Reborn! to be moderately watchable. If Reborn! is your favorite thing ever, you will at the very least find Fairy Tail to be watchable. If I were obsessed with boobs, that would win it even more favor in my books.

googling "why do people like fairy tail" comes up with the following:

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because of the boobs
I don't see any other explanation,the show is too generic to stand out for anything else

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Dude, I'll be honest with you. I hate Fairy Tail with a passion, but if you can't go past 5 episodes of a long running shonen like Fairy Tail, then you will barely even grasp the basic idea and setting of the series. Try to get to at least episode 20 or 30, where the first true antagonist appears and then make your decision. Also, you're not supposed to make threads like this.

alternate-universe me who is obsessed with boobs watched ten hours of it because of the boobs, and by then alternate-universe!me had gotten a feel for the characters and their conflicts and gotten used to the comedy - perhaps even enjoying the comedy - and that momentum carried alternate-universe!me through the hundreds of hours of generic shounen beat-em-up story arcs that the show has to offer_________________butts

it's just that they're on the short list of things that could potentially make this thing enjoyable - and you know you're scraping the bottom of the barrel on entertainment when you have to say that

it's got abs, too
but the alternate universe version of me that's obsessed with abs is busy rewatching Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club over and over
the abs in Fairy Tail really don't compare favorably to those

The alternate universe version of me that's obsessed with Hello Kitty and collecting little animal-head keychains and cell-phone baubles might be watching Fairy Tail for the weird animal things.

There's probably even an alternate universe version of me that likes the comedy, but I disown them.

I can't imagine an alternate universe version of me that actually cares about the storyline, but that's me speaking as a version of me that hasn't watched the prerequisite twenty hours of angry screaming heavily-muscled children throwing fireballs at each other that are necessary to really truly know the story._________________butts

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it's just that they're on the short list of things that could potentially make this thing enjoyable

it's got abs, too
but the alternate universe version of me that's obsessed with abs is busy rewatching Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club over and over
the abs in Fairy Tail really don't compare favorably to those

The alternate universe version of me that's obsessed with Hello Kitty and collecting little animal-head keychains and cell-phone baubles might be watching Fairy Tail for the weird animal things.

There's probably even an alternate universe version of me that likes the comedy, but I disown them.

I can't imagine an alternate universe version of me that actually cares about the storyline, but that's me speaking as a version of me that hasn't watched the prerequisite twenty hours of angry screaming heavily-muscled children throwing fireballs at each other that are necessary to really know what the story is truly about.

It's time for you to defeat your alternate reality selves and become stronger..